EC's statement on end of Microsoft investigation

WMP not the issue: The Commission is trying to set a precedent for future behavior, and that is what scuttled any agreement. The company has announced its intent to keep bundling even more applications into the "operating system." The EC wants the ability to head that sort of thing off, rather than being faced with attempts to remedy years after the effect, as in the case of the browser and media player.

Pretty high stakes, actually.; Posted by: IT_User Posted on: 03/24/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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So what does this mean? rapson | 03/24/04

WMP not the issue IT_User | 03/24/04

what they have to do? NemesisNL | 03/24/04

So what does this mean? alexr_z | 03/24/04

Plain and simple...it doesn't. Stewart Cannon | 03/24/04

and the End Result? Stewart Cannon | 03/24/04

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